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a fixer for [sb/sth]
这里 for 引出委托人；fixer 通常指用关系或非常手段解决问题的人。
She worked as a fixer for the charity to get permits approved.
她为那家慈善机构当中间人，帮忙搞定许可证审批。
掮客；中间人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
掮客；中间人
someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble, often using underhand or illegal methods for a fee
She worked as a fixer for the charity to get permits approved.
她为那家慈善机构当中间人，帮忙搞定许可证审批。
定影剂:一种化学品(硫代硫酸钠),在摄影显影中用于固定影像,防止进一步化学反应。
A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
作为中间人安排达到预期结果者,可能采用不当和/或非法手段。
A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper and/or unlawful means.
通过贿赂或敲诈干预司法体系为被告安排豁免的人,尤指以此牟利的职业。
A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
在动荡国家协助外国记者的人,通常提供翻译、人脉和交通服务。
A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
The company hired a fixer to speed up the approval of their building permit.
公司雇了一位掮客，以加快他们的建筑许可审批。
He worked as a fixer for foreign journalists in the capital, arranging interviews.
他在首都为外国记者当中间人，安排采访。
The fixer knew exactly which officials to call to make the problem disappear.
那位掮客清楚地知道该给哪些官员打电话，让问题消失。
这里 for 引出委托人；fixer 通常指用关系或非常手段解决问题的人。
She worked as a fixer for the charity to get permits approved.
她为那家慈善机构当中间人，帮忙搞定许可证审批。
between 用于说明 fixer 在双方之间斡旋的身份。
He was a fixer between the government and the rebels.
他是政府和反叛分子之间的中间人。
who 引导的定语从句描述 fixer 的具体行为；注意 fixer 常含贬义。
The fixer who solved the visa problem asked for a large fee.
那个解决了签证问题的中间人索要高额费用。
Not this
My sink is broken. I need a fixer to repair it.
Use this
My sink is broken. I need a repairman to repair it.
fixer 意为“（用不正当手段替人办事的）掮客”，不是“修理工”。表示修理工应用 repairman（或 handyman），不能把 fix 加 -er 直接当作“修理工”。
Not this
He works as fixer in the mayor's office.
Use this
He works as a fixer in the mayor's office.
fixer 是可数名词，单数前须加不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词，学习者常漏掉，所以 as a fixer 才符合英语规则。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
政治掮客
The mayor’s assistant was the real political fixer in City Hall.
市长的助理才是市政厅里真正的政治掮客。
受雇的掮客
When the company faced a licensing problem, they turned to a fixer for hire.
当公司面临许可问题时，他们求助了一位受雇的掮客。
腐败的掮客
The newspaper reported that a corrupt fixer had bribed several officials.
报纸报道说，一名腐败的掮客贿赂了几名官员。
人脉广泛的掮客
A well-connected fixer arranged her meeting with the minister in just two days.
一位人脉广泛的掮客仅用两天就安排了她与部长的会面。
黑道掮客
In the movie, he plays an underworld fixer who controls the port.
在电影中，他扮演一个控制港口的地下世界掮客。
神秘掮客
A shadowy fixer appeared whenever the negotiations stalled.
每当谈判陷入僵局，一位神秘掮客就会出现。
待翻修的房屋（或汽车等）
They bought a cheap fixer-upper and spent a year renovating it.
他们买了一栋便宜的待翻修房屋，花了一年时间翻新。
他是个有待改造的人。
Song lyric from 'Fixer Upper' in Disney's Frozen (2013). The trolls use 'fixer upper' (a house needing repairs) to sing that Kristoff has flaws but is still worth loving.
出自迪士尼电影《冰雪奇缘》（2013）中的歌曲《Fixer Upper》。地精们用“fixer upper”（指需要修缮的房子）来唱克里斯托夫虽有缺点，但依然值得爱。
我是解决问题的人。
Chorus lyric from 'The Fixer' by Pearl Jam (2009). The narrator calls himself a fixer, someone who can repair what's broken and make things right.
出自 Pearl Jam（珍珠果酱乐队）的歌曲《The Fixer》（2009）。歌中叙述者称自己为“fixer”，即能够修复破损、把事情办好的人。
Use fixer naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 fix 想成“搞定”，加上 -er 就是“搞定事情的人”：私下帮人摆平麻烦、疏通关系的中间人/掮客。
语域：informal 常见场景：politics、business 此含义通常用于非正式语境，多指利用关系或不当手段帮人解决问题的人，常见于政治或商业报道。正式文体中较常用 intermediary 或 agent。
以下词汇中，mixer 和 sixer 与 fixer 押韵（都以 /ɪksə/ 结尾）。注意这些拼写相似但不押韵的词：kicker、ticker、bicker 和 liquor，它们以 /kə/ 发音，并非 /ksə/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.